... commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. UK Qualitative research Volunteering Social care Wales Realist analysis Residential care homes...

...Vanessa Davey; Janice Healey; Jennifer Liddle; Bryony Beresford; Stacey Rand; Claire Goodman; Karen Spilsbury; Barbara Hanratty Purpose Mandatory digital social care records and a standardised schedule for collecting information on home care clients are proposed for regulated adult social care...

... environment, identity and social connections: Jillian Powell can be contacted at: Jill.Powell@bristol.ac.uk 28 11 2023 31 05 2024 03 06 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Housing Social care Older people...

...Alex Hall; Gemma Spiers; Barbara Hanratty Purpose A narrative has developed in recent years to link ageing without children to support needs in later life. Social care has long been viewed as a private, familial responsibility, whilst health care is a societal, public good. Childlessness is framed...

... Licensed re-use rights only Social care Older people Building design Extra care housing COVID-19 pandemic Housing-with-care Impact of COVID-19 pandemic Retirement villages This paper provides an overview and some of the main findings of the RE-COV study. It draws together principal...

...Jane Hughes; Saima Ahmed; Paul Clarkson; Sue Davies; Karen Stewart; David Challis Purpose It was hypothesised that there were variations in health and social care services available for older people with dementia and their carers, and that measurement of this between localities was possible...

...Jose Iparraguirre Purpose This paper aims to whether current public expenditure on adult social care services might be associated with the number of delayed days of care attributable to the social care system in England. Design/methodology/approach Panel econometric models on data from local...

... data collected in 2007 to provide a historical control group (Bowling, 2014). Surveys were completed by individuals tasked with commissioning adult social care services within the authority. In the earlier postal survey responses from 111 of the 151 local authorities were received, thus providing...

...Vari M. Drennan; Jill Manthorpe; Steve Ilifffe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the question of how to meet the needs of older people living at home with dementia who have problems with continence. The paper is focused on social care practice in community settings. Design...

... 2014 Social care The legislative framework for the provision of care and support services in England [1] has recently undergone the most significant reform in more than 60 years. The Care Act 2014 creates a single statute to replace the previous patchwork of poorly-aligned adult social care...

...Gareth O'Rourke Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build upon existing knowledge of personalisation through an improved understanding of how the use of personalised social care services can support older people’s sense of self. It contains perspectives that are helpful to the development...

... Limited 2016 Social care Practice Legislation LGBT Diversity Housing Affirmative services In this paper I use the term affirmative housing and care services to define a way of working that “affirms a lesbian or gay identity” (or in this case a transgender or bisexual one...

... providing elder care can better meet their expectations (Jones, 2013). Findings – The research revealed low confidence in the ability of current aged care services to meet the needs of trans elders due to a limited understanding of the relationship between health and social care specific to trans...

... alongside data captured from stakeholders (n=10) including a care home manager, social care and education commissioners, trustees and project staff to assess the interdisciplinary contribution of lifelong learning to quality improvement. Findings – Introducing learning interventions to older...

... completed a national survey of social care arrangements for older people in 2006 (Xie et al., 2012). Survey data were entered into an SPSS database for analysis. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Social care Audit Older people Framework Care coordination Care management...

... on the priorities likely to be faced by the next incoming government in relation to health and social care for older people. Design/methodology/approach – Assessment of key policy documents and legislation and interpretation of published data on trends in health and social care activity and expenditure...

... at: Mervyn.Kohler@ageuk.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Health Social care Pensions Benefits Localism Devolution Can the pressures of an ageing society be aligned with the political and financial realities facing the next Government and still reflect the choices put to older...

... arrangements for managed PBs aim to promote user choice and control. This is the first study to report the experiences of older people using managed PBs under these new arrangements. The paper highlights areas of interests and concerns that social care staff, support planners and commissioners may need...

... care. Implementation of the principles of co-production has the potential to improve health and social care services in a range of settings. Real changes in outcomes and experience and reduction in societal cost can be achieved by making the people of Wales active partners in the design and delivery...

... with loneliness that could be used to identify people who may be lonely in general or, for example, NHS or social care service populations. Originality/value – Loneliness is slowly becoming more recognised as a social problem in its own right and a contributory factor in poor health and well-being...